Business Data Analyst

The Business Data Analyst will be responsible for identifying a problem statement, gathering requirements, identifying the proper data solution, and documenting the decisions to support business stakeholders. The Business Data Analyst will be responsible for working across teams recommending standards and processes. This role supports data development and maintenance efforts of the Data & Analytics activities and initiatives in alignment with the Enterprise Data strategy, policies, and organizational goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyzes, and creates detailed documentation of business rules and data needs.
• Coordinates discussions with business / stakeholders and cross functional / technical teams to capture and review use cases, requirements, and other technical documents to ensure all business requirements are accurately reflected and accounted for (including data lineage and transformations).
• Collaborates with developers and architects to define and document the data solution to meet needs outlined in the business rules and needs.
• Responsible for obtaining business / stakeholder approval, which passes audit scrutiny, for data solutions delivered in a production state.
• Documents data ingestion, transformation, and consumption including workflows, data models, data classification, and steps required to curate trusted data.
• Responsible for ensuring all documentation reflects the current state and outstanding issues so that business requirements reflect proper state of data.
• Support the cloud data framework that aligns with the Enterprise Data Strategy, policies, and organizational goals.
• Ensures that the delivered data and processes fulfill the documented business rules and data needs.
• Ensure that all items follow company change management process.
• Presents documentation of business rules, data needs, technical documentation, and data models.
• Champions department standards for documentation and ensures that all assigned projects meet compliance and can withstand audit scrutiny.
• Peer Reviews documentation of business rules, data needs, technical documentation, and data models.
• Leads discussions with business / stakeholders and cross functional / technical team collaboration.
• Provides guidance in QA work when requested so the appropriate level of testing is planned and executed.
• Maintains a calm and composed demeanor and brings disparate viewpoints to a place of mutual understanding through skilled negotiation and diplomacy. Maintains a neutral viewpoint when collaborating with customers yet understands when their SME-level knowledge is appropriate to interject into the conversation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preferred Qualifications :

Preferred fundamentals certification in Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable cloud platform or technology.

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